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      • Malarowski
        Malarowski last edited by

        You can remove any website or directory through Google Webmaster Tools. If the robots.txt is Disallowing it, then it won't be re-indexed either. I think you should be able to safely remove it via oldsite.newsite.com/* just dont do *.newsite.com obviously.

        Mike

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        • STPseo
          STPseo last edited by

          You should also add "noindex, noarchive" to your meta data headers on those pages.

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